Blind Chinese dissident flees house arrest

April 27, 2012 17:34

One of China's best known dissidents, Chen Guangcheng, has escaped from house arrest and has released a video addressed to Premier Wen Jiabao.

In it he makes three demands, including one that Wen investigate what Chen, who is blind, calls the brutal beating up of his family members. Rights activists say Chen slipped out of his home in Dongshigu town in Shandong province on Sunday.

His whereabouts are unclear, but supporters say he is safe in Beijing. Unconfirmed reports say Chen may have taken refuge in a diplomatic mission. Chen, 40, had been under house arrest since he was released from a four-year jail sentence in 2010. Read more on the bbc.

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